“Currently, the U.S. admits more than 1.5 million legal and illegal immigrants every year, with more than 70 percent coming to the country through the process known as “chain migration” whereby newly naturalized citizens can bring an UNLIMITED relatives to the U.S. In the next 20 years, the current U.S. legal immigration system is on track to import 15 million new foreign-born voters. Between 7 and 8 million of those foreign-born will arrive in the U.S. through chain migration.” JOHN BINDER

Besides
blowing off congress to give illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty, the Obama
administration is also letting businesses that hire undocumented workers off
the hook by drastically reducing fines and enforcement, a new federal audit reveals.

THE MEXICAN TAX-FREE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE IS
CALCULATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $2 BILLION PER YEAR!

NEWS
THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA CONSULATE IN RUBIO MIAMI

Obama Administration
Makes Secret Deal With Mexico

Obama Administration Makes
Secret Deal With Mexico - Mexican Consulates are headquarters for the MEXICAN
FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA with the agenda of expanding the Mexican welfares
state with cooperation of Barack Obama and the Democrat party.

The danger, as Washington Post economics
columnist Robert Samuelson argues, is that of “importing poverty” in the form
of a new underclass—a permanent group of working poor.

The LA RAZA GANG of 8 Promise Obama, illegals, Mexico
and Employers of Illegals NO E-VERIFY…. in a time of national unemployment
crisis for Americans, the entire amnesty sham is really all about keeping wages
depressed with endless hordes of Mexicans!

Besides
blowing off congress to give illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty, the Obama
administration is also letting businesses that hire undocumented workers off
the hook by drastically reducing fines and enforcement, a new federal audit reveals.

THE MEXICAN TAX-FREE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE IS
CALCULATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $2 BILLION PER YEAR!

Besides
blowing off congress to give illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty, the Obama
administration is also letting businesses that hire undocumented workers off
the hook by drastically reducing fines and enforcement, a new federal audit reveals.

THE MEXICAN TAX-FREE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE IS
CALCULATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $2 BILLION PER YEAR!

Besides
blowing off congress to give illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty, the Obama
administration is also letting businesses that hire undocumented workers off
the hook by drastically reducing fines and enforcement, a new federal audit reveals.

THE MEXICAN TAX-FREE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ALONE IS
CALCULATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $2 BILLION PER YEAR!

As
an example, the inspector general offers ICE’s Los Angeles field office which
has flouted federal policy by creating its own private system of worksite
enforcement. During the three-year period considered by the watchdog the office
conducted 147 investigations, with 7% resulting in fines and 55% in warnings. Even
in instances where more than half of a business’s federal employee verification
forms (known as I-9) had “substantive errors” the federal agents in L.A. only
issued warnings instead of fines. One business mentioned in the report had its
fine slashed an astounding 78%, from $4.9 million to a little over $1 million.

JOBS – WORST UNDER OBAMA SINCE THE DEPRESSION...meanwhile millions of Mexicans have jumped our borders and jobs for
obamacare, LA RAZA welfare, anchor baby welfare and to vote dem for more!!!

DURING OBAMA’S FIRST TERM 2/3s OF ALL JOBS WENT TO IMMIGRANTS,
BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL. FEDERAL WORKPLACE ENFORCEMENT of LAWS PROHIBITING THE
EMPLOYMENT of ILLEGALS PLUMMETED 70%... AND OBAMA - HOLDER SABOTAGED E-VERIFY
EVERYWHERE THEY COULD TO EASE MORE LA RAZA INTO OUR JOBS!

AMNESTY….LA
RAZA IS PRINTING OUT FRAUD I.D.s BY THE MILLIONS.

"They hauled them down to the
border," Sakuma said. "Three days later, they were standing in our
office, but they had a different name and a different Social Security
number."

DHS Lets Employers That Hire Illegal Workers Off The Hook

March 04, 2014

Besides blowing off congress to give illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty, the Obama administration is also letting businesses that hire undocumented workers off the hook by drastically reducing fines and enforcement, a new federal audit reveals.

It was only a year ago that the president vowed to come down hard those who hire illegal aliens as a fundamental part of creating an immigration system for the 21st century: “It means cracking down more forcefully on businesses that knowingly hire undocumented workers…most businesses want to do the right thing… So we need to implement a national system that allows businesses to quickly and accurately verify someone’s employment status. And if they still knowingly hire undocumented workers, then we need to ramp up the penalties,” Obama said in 2013.

The reality appears to be much different, though this particular audit, conducted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General, considers a three-year period right before the president’s statement. He was already in the White House, however. From 2009 to 2012, the administration slashed by 40% the amount of fines collected from employers caught with illegal aliens on the their payroll. This represents a chunk of change for the government—from $52.7 million to $31.2 million—but, more importantly, it sends a dangerous message to businesses that profit from the cheap labor provided by those living in the country illegally.

The DHS Inspector General states it quite clearly in a recently issued report: “Homeland Security Investigations’ inconsistent implementation of the administrative inspection process, plus the reduction of fines, may have hindered its mission to prevent or deter employers from violating immigration laws.” The DHS watchdog estimates that approximately 8 million illegal immigrants are in the U.S. workforce and many present fraudulent identity-related documents or use another person’s identity to gain employment.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is charged with cracking down on businesses that hire illegal aliens. During the three-year period analyzed in the probe, ICE got $531 million from congress to fulfill this “worksite enforcement” mission. Instead, the agency selectively enforces the employment law in different regions with some field offices doling out a lot more warnings and far less fines than others.

Making matters worse the umbrella agency, DHS, doesn’t provide sufficient oversight to ensure that its field offices are conducting worksite enforcement inspections consistently, according to the agency watchdog. For instance, investigators reveal that two field offices simply developed and implemented their own system by issuing more warnings than fines, contrary to established ICE guidelines. DHS took no action, the report says, pointing out that “without adequate oversight and monitoring” the agency can’t possibly determine if worksite enforcement is effective in preventing and deterring employers from violating immigration laws.

As an example, the inspector general offers ICE’s Los Angeles field office which has flouted federal policy by creating its own private system of worksite enforcement. During the three-year period considered by the watchdog the office conducted 147 investigations, with 7% resulting in fines and 55% in warnings. Even in instances where more than half of a business’s federal employee verification forms (known as I-9) had “substantive errors” the federal agents in L.A. only issued warnings instead of fines. One business mentioned in the report had its fine slashed an astounding 78%, from $4.9 million to a little over $1 million.

This certainly proves that the Obama administration lied to the American people in 2009 when it announced that DHS would focus on employers who hire unauthorized workers rather than large-scale enforcement actions that almost exclusively targeted illegal aliens under the George W. Bush administration. “Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers,” according to President Obama’s immigration initiative for the 21st century. It doesn’t appear that he plans to do anything about it.

IN
LOS ANGELES, MEXICANS GET ALL THE JOBS, MUCHO WELFARE, AND LIVE IN THE $2
BILLION DOLLAR TAX-FREE MEX UNDERGROUND ECONOMY… THEY ALSO GET FREE MEDICAL,
EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING THEY VOTE FOR!

Last November the US Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its 2013 Annual Homeless
Assessment Report which found that southern California remains home to the
largest homeless population in the country.

The 2020 Commission
lays out a litany of problems. Now for the hard part: practical solutions.

By The Times editorial board

January 9, 2014

A new report put together by a dozen of Los Angeles' most
prominent business, labor and civic leaders offers a dire view of the city.
L.A. is "barely treading water," the report states somberly. It's a
"city in decline." Once a "beacon of innovation," L.A. is
now "becoming less livable."

The report of the Los Angeles 2020 Commission should serve as
a stark reality check for those Angelenos who believe that with the end of the
financial downturn, L.A. is poised for a healthy, happy recovery. The city,
according to the report, is afflicted with weak job growth; high poverty; bad
traffic; underperforming schools; weak, inactive government; red tape that
stifles economic development; crumbling infrastructure; unfunded pensions;
budget gimmicks and a disaffected electorate. Yes, L.A. has the
"ingredients" to be a great 21st century city, and yes, certain
promising first steps that have been taken, but all in all, the tone of the
report is that of an urgent wake-up call.

There's certainly value in compiling a list of L.A.'s woes,
even if many of them are already well known. The co-chairs of the commission,
former U.S. Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor and former L.A. Deputy Mayor
Austin Beutner, note that you can't solve a problem until everyone agrees there
is one. And the commissioners make a convincing case that L.A. is falling
behind other major cities.

But it is not enough to lay out the city's problems with
"candor," as the report purports to do. Nor is it sufficient to
declare a "crisis in leadership" and hope to shame L.A.'s political
leaders into action. The commission's real work — the difficult part — is to
come up with practical recommendations to change government and civic culture
to make Los Angeles competitive on the national and international stage.

For that, we must wait another 90 days. It turns out this is
just Part 1.

The commission was created last March at the request of City
Council President Herb Wesson after voters rejected a half-cent sales tax increase
to help balance the city budget. Its mandate was to figure out how the city
could create jobs, attract business investments and create financial stability.
It is made up of 13 members with very different viewpoints, representing
business, labor, public sector, not-for-profits, academia. If they can reach
consensus on, say, how to pay for public pensions and still have enough left to
pay for city services, or how to permit economic development without
compromising neighborhood and environmental concerns, their suggestions would
carry tremendous weight.

The commission has gone to great lengths to outline the
seriousness of L.A.'s problems. We hope the recommendations are as bold and
direct as the criticisms.

*

THESE FIGURES ARE DATED

OTHER
SOURCES: Similar figures LOS ANGELES TIMES reports that California spends 9
billion on social services for illegals. 60% of the counties in the United
States have serious meth problems. Meth that comes from Mexico. Part of
Mexico’s 5 billion dollar drug export business. An estimated 8,200 Illegal
Immigrants cross the border each day. 57,400 a week . 250,000 a month. 84
hospitals in California alone have closed or are scheduled to close due mostly
to rising costs of caring for uninsured Illegal Immigrants since 1993. It is
estimated that 50% of their services went to Illegal Immigrants who did not pay
their bills. According to the American Hospital Association the estimated
uncompensated cost of care in 2000 was $21.6 billion. Roughly 6% of total
expenses. The government allotted only $1 billion to help cover those costs.
Anchor babies account for roughly 10% of all US births. In 2003, anchor babies
accounted for 70% of all births in San Joachim General Hospital in Stockton,
California. US taxpayers spent an estimated $7.4 Billion in 2003 to educate
illegal immigrants. 34% of students in the Los Angeles school system are
illegals or children of illegals. Two thirds of Illegal Immigrants adults DO
NOT have a high school degree or equivalent. The illiteracy rate for Illegal Immigrants
is 2.5 times higher than that of US Citizens. Nearly 25% of all inmates in
California detention centers are illegal aliens from Mexico. 29% or a whopping
630,000 convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and federal prisons at a
cost of $1.6 billion annually; not to mention the tragedies in death, drugs,
crime and misery they have caused American families.

L.A.County's $48 Million Monthly Anchor Baby
Tab

Last Updated:
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:24am

Taxpayers
in the nation’s most populous county dished out nearly $50 million in a single
month to cover only the welfare costs of illegal immigrants, representing a
whopping $10 million increase over the same one-month period two years
ago.

In
June 2009 alone Los Angeles County spent $48 million ($26 million in food
stamps and $22 million in welfare) to provide just two of numerous free public
services to the children of illegal aliens, which will translate into an annual
tab of nearly $600 million for the cash-strapped county.

The
figure doesn’t even include the exorbitant cost of educating, medically
treating or incarcerating illegal aliens in the sprawling county of about 10
million residents. Los Angeles County annually spends more than $1 billion for
those combined services, including $400 million for healthcare and $350 million
for public safety.

The
recent single-month welfare figure was obtained from the county’s Department of
Social Services and made public by a county supervisor (Michael Antonovich) who
assures illegal immigration continues to have a “catastrophic
impact on Los Angeles County taxpayers.” The veteran lawmaker points out that 24% of the county’s
total allotment of welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the
children of illegal aliens—known as anchor babies—born in the United States.

A
former fifth-grade history teacher who has served on the county’s board for
nearly three decades, Antonovich has repeatedly come under fire for publicizing
statistics that confirm the devastation illegal immigration has had on the
region. Antonovich represents a portion of the county that is roughly twice the
size of Rhode Island and has about 2 million residents.

Numerous other reports have
documented the enormous cost of illegal immigration on a national level. Just
last year a renowned economist, who has thoroughly researched the impact of
illegal immigration, published a book breaking down the country’s $346 billion annual cost to
educate, jail, medically treat and incarcerate illegal aliens throughout the
U.S.

*

WELFARE COSTS FOR
CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL ALIENS IN L.A. COUNTY OVER $48 MILLION IN JUNE

August 11, 2009—Figures from the
Department of Public Social Services show that children of illegal aliens in
Los Angeles County collected nearly $22 million in welfare and over $26 million
in food stamps in June, announced Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D.
Antonovich. Projected over a 12 month period – this would exceed $575
million dollars.

Annually the cost of illegal immigration to Los Angeles County taxpayers
exceeds over $1 billion dollars, which includes $350 million for public safety,
$400 million for healthcare, and $500 million in welfare and food stamps
allocations. Twenty-four percent of the County’s total allotment of
welfare and food stamp benefits goes directly to the children of illegal aliens
born in the United States.

“Illegal immigration continues to have a catastrophic impact on Los Angeles
County taxpayers,” said Antonovich. “The total cost for illegal
immigrants to County taxpayers exceeds $1 billion a year – not including the
millions of dollars for education.”

Strong L.A. economy boosts income inequality in city, study says

A relatively strong local economy in Los Angeles, which is stoking the
fortunes of its higher-income residents, is helping boost income disparity in
the city, the Brookings Institution study shows.

By Walter Hamilton

5:30 PM PST, February 21, 2014

Los Angeles has one of the highest levels of income inequality in the
nation, but that's due in part to a relatively strong local economy that's
stoking the fortunes of higher-income people, according to a new study.

Of the 50 largest U.S. cities, L.A. has the ninth-highest level of income
disparity, according to the analysis by Brookings Institution, a Washington
think tank. The top three are Atlanta, San Francisco and Miami.

Inequality has become a flash point nationwide as the wealth of top earners
surges while the middle and lower classes grapple with stubborn income
stagnation. Politicians have clashed loudly on what's driving the dichotomy,
and what steps, if any, should be taken to reverse it.

The study found, however, that rising inequality may simply be an
unavoidable byproduct of robust local economies that plump the incomes of
coveted workers.

Fast-growing industries with highly paid employees — such as technology,
finance and entertainment — tend to cluster in large metropolitan areas, said
Alan Berube, a Brookings researcher who specializes in inequality. And the
ongoing gentrification of many cities, such as in downtown Los Angeles, is
drawing wealthier people.

At the same time, big cities also draw large numbers of low-income people
seeking lower-skilled jobs.

The study analyzed inequality in the 50 largest U.S. cities in 2012. It
compared the earnings of a family exactly at the top 5% — that is, at the 95th
percentile of all U.S. households — to one at the 20th percentile.

The average annual income of a top 5% family was 10.8 times higher than a
bottom 20% household. For the country as a whole, the ratio was 9.1 to 1.

"It's not necessarily a bad thing that big cities are home to more rich
and poor than the rest of the country," Berube said. "The question is
how do cities and leaders navigate that but keep their cities diverse and able
to provide opportunities for upward mobility."

In L.A., a top 5% household made an average $218,000. That was 12.3 times
higher than a 20% household.

The study analyzed only the city of L.A. It did not include nearby areas
with well-heeled residents, such as Beverly Hills or Santa Monica.

The inequality debate intensified after President Obama in December called
it "the defining challenge of our time."

Critics worry that income imbalances weaken cities by hiving off rich from
poor. Among other things, that can push out younger residents, lead to pockets
of entrenched poverty and undermine school quality.

Even some extremely wealthy Americans acknowledge the threat of rising
inequality.

"It's a genuine problem," Stephen Schwarzman, the chief executive
of private-equity giant Blackstone Group, said in an interview with The Times
on Thursday. "It's been growing for over 30 years. It's not recent. It's
something that has to be addressed."

San Francisco illustrates the dynamic of a vibrant economy exacerbating the
gap between rich and poor.

The tech boom has dramatically pushed up the earnings of those at the top.

The average $353,000 income for a top 5% household towered over that of
every other city. Its inequality ratio was 16.6 to 1.

In Atlanta, a top 5% family took in $280,000, compared with less than
$15,000 for a bottom 20% family.

Inequality tends to be lower in cities with less robust economies, where
there is less of a gap between the highest and lowest paid, according to
Brookings.

Altogether, 18 cities in the Brookings study suffered a statistically
significant rise in inequality from 2007 to 2012. But that was due more to the
bottom dropping out for low-income people in the last recession.

"Most were not places where the rich made astronomical gains, but where
low-income households suffered most from the recession and weak recovery,"
the study said. "Many are Southern and Western cities — including
Sacramento, Charlotte, [N.C.], Tucson, Fresno, and Albuquerque — where
house-price collapses reduced work opportunities for poor households."

Inside
the Cartel - First of four parts

Unraveling
Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel

As
drug smugglers from the Sinaloa cartel in

Mexico
sent a never-ending stream of cocaine

across
the border and into a vast U.S.

distribution
web in Los Angeles, DEA agents

were
watching and listening.

NEWS THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA CONSULATE IN RUBIO MIAMI

Obama Administration Makes Secret Deal With Mexico

Obama Administration Makes Secret Deal With Mexico - Mexican Consulates are headquarters for the MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA with the agenda of expanding the Mexican welfares state with cooperation of Barack Obama and the Democrat party.

The danger, as Washington Post economics columnist Robert Samuelson argues, is that of “importing poverty” in the form of a new underclass—a permanent group of working poor.

DURING OBAMA’S FIRST TERM 2/3s OF ALL JOBS WENT TO IMMIGRANTS, BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL. FEDERAL WORKPLACE ENFORCEMENT of LAWS PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT of ILLEGALS PLUMMETED 70% DURING HISPANDERING OBAMA’S FIRST TERM… and are expected to be nonexistent during his second.

NO PRESIDENT IN HISTORY HAS SABOTAGED OUR BORDERS, LAWS AND VOTING TO BUILD THE DEMS’ LA RAZA PARTY BASE OF LOOTING ILLEGALS!

MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA AS OBAMA and the DEMOCRAT PARTY PUSH OUR BORDERS OPEN, SABOTAGE E-VERIFY, AND PROMISE ILLEGALS NO ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT of ILLEGALS… it’s all about buy the Mexican vote and keeping wages depressed for DEM POL paymasters!

DHS Lets Employers That Hire Illegal Workers Off The Hook

March 04, 2014

Besides blowing off congress to give illegal immigrants backdoor amnesty, the Obama administration is also letting businesses that hire undocumented workers off the hook by drastically reducing fines and enforcement, a new federal audit reveals.

It was only a year ago that the president vowed to come down hard those who hire illegal aliens as a fundamental part of creating an immigration system for the 21st century: “It means cracking down more forcefully on businesses that knowingly hire undocumented workers…most businesses want to do the right thing… So we need to implement a national system that allows businesses to quickly and accurately verify someone’s employment status. And if they still knowingly hire undocumented workers, then we need to ramp up the penalties,” Obama said in 2013.

The reality appears to be much different, though this particular audit, conducted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General, considers a three-year period right before the president’s statement. He was already in the White House, however. From 2009 to 2012, the administration slashed by 40% the amount of fines collected from employers caught with illegal aliens on the their payroll. This represents a chunk of change for the government—from $52.7 million to $31.2 million—but, more importantly, it sends a dangerous message to businesses that profit from the cheap labor provided by those living in the country illegally.

The DHS Inspector General states it quite clearly in a recently issued report: “Homeland Security Investigations’ inconsistent implementation of the administrative inspection process, plus the reduction of fines, may have hindered its mission to prevent or deter employers from violating immigration laws.” The DHS watchdog estimates that approximately 8 million illegal immigrants are in the U.S. workforce and many present fraudulent identity-related documents or use another person’s identity to gain employment.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is charged with cracking down on businesses that hire illegal aliens. During the three-year period analyzed in the probe, ICE got $531 million from congress to fulfill this “worksite enforcement” mission. Instead, the agency selectively enforces the employment law in different regions with some field offices doling out a lot more warnings and far less fines than others.

Making matters worse the umbrella agency, DHS, doesn’t provide sufficient oversight to ensure that its field offices are conducting worksite enforcement inspections consistently, according to the agency watchdog. For instance, investigators reveal that two field offices simply developed and implemented their own system by issuing more warnings than fines, contrary to established ICE guidelines. DHS took no action, the report says, pointing out that “without adequate oversight and monitoring” the agency can’t possibly determine if worksite enforcement is effective in preventing and deterring employers from violating immigration laws.

As an example, the inspector general offers ICE’s Los Angeles field office which has flouted federal policy by creating its own private system of worksite enforcement. During the three-year period considered by the watchdog the office conducted 147 investigations, with 7% resulting in fines and 55% in warnings. Even in instances where more than half of a business’s federal employee verification forms (known as I-9) had “substantive errors” the federal agents in L.A. only issued warnings instead of fines. One business mentioned in the report had its fine slashed an astounding 78%, from $4.9 million to a little over $1 million.

This certainly proves that the Obama administration lied to the American people in 2009 when it announced that DHS would focus on employers who hire unauthorized workers rather than large-scale enforcement actions that almost exclusively targeted illegal aliens under the George W. Bush administration. “Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers,” according to President Obama’s immigration initiative for the 21st century. It doesn’t appear that he plans to do anything about it.

NEWS
THE MEXICAN FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA CONSULATE IN RUBIO MIAMI

Obama Administration
Makes Secret Deal With Mexico

Obama Administration Makes
Secret Deal With Mexico - Mexican Consulates are headquarters for the MEXICAN
FASCIST PARTY of LA RAZA with the agenda of expanding the Mexican welfares
state with cooperation of Barack Obama and the Democrat party.

The danger, as Washington Post economics
columnist Robert Samuelson argues, is that of “importing poverty” in the form
of a new underclass—a permanent group of working poor.

DURING OBAMA’S FIRST TERM
2/3s OF ALL JOBS WENT TO IMMIGRANTS, BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL. FEDERAL WORKPLACE
ENFORCEMENT of LAWS PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT of ILLEGALS PLUMMETED 70% DURING
HISPANDERING OBAMA’S FIRST TERM… and are expected to be nonexistent during his
second.

NO PRESIDENT IN
HISTORY HAS SABOTAGED OUR BORDERS, LAWS AND VOTING TO BUILD THE DEMS’ LA RAZA
PARTY BASE OF LOOTING ILLEGALS!

MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA AS
OBAMA and the DEMOCRAT PARTY PUSH OUR BORDERS OPEN, SABOTAGE E-VERIFY, AND
PROMISE ILLEGALS NO ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT of ILLEGALS…
it’s all about buy the Mexican vote and keeping wages depressed for DEM POL
paymasters!

Illegal Aliens Urged to Enter the Labor Force

Without Work Authorization

July 22, 2013 at 3:36 pmby Investigative Staff

Judicial Watch yesterday obtained, through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, documents showing that, as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Hilda Solis drew a press gaggle when she visited illegal aliens in Maryland last spring and urged them to assert their “federal rights.” Judicial Watch’s investigation was prompted a year ago by an article in Washington

Hispanic newspaper on June 1, 2012, which

quoted Solis as saying: “[Barack Obama] knows

very well that it is very important to preserve the

rights of the Hispanic community and of other

communities, in any area where they are working.

The federal laws are very clear and protect all

workers equally, whether or not they have

papers.” What follows are some highlights from the records released yesterday in response to Judicial Watch’s lawsuit of March 13, 2013:

A similar sentiment was expressed in the agency’s internal newsletter of May 31, 2012 covering the event: “This administration . . . will not be satisfied until everyone that wants to work finds a job,” Solis said. “And that’s what our partnership with CASA de Maryland offers.” This edition of the DOL newsletter was routed to White House publicists Amy Brundage and Shannon Gilson by Labor Spokesman Carl Fillichio, who recently offended DOL staffers by emailing them a game called “Lent Madness,” which involved eliminating Episcopal saints in a Fantasy-Football style tournament.

CASA, which stands for the Central American Solidarity Association, is a nonprofit founded in 1985 whose mission is to ensure that “all people – especially women, low-income people, and workers – can participate and fully benefit [in and from American society], regardless of their immigration status,” according to a May 29, 2012 memo to the Secretary preparing her for the visit. Another May 29, 2012 memo developed in preparation for the Secretary’s visit characterizes CASA as being “located in a shopping center” and “the site of the largest corner for day laborers.”

Also included in the agency’s release is a July 14, 2011 Washington Post profile of CASA’s director Gustavo Torres. According to the article, “nearly half of CASA’s $6 million budget comes from local, state, and federal appropriations.” The article goes on to state that “CASA uses a significant portion of that money to help illegal immigrants.” DOL awarded the organization $187,000 in 2012 according to a May 31, 2012 email also included in the production, indicating that the agency was well aware of the way taxpayer funds were being spent.

Judicial Watch’s ongoing investigation into this issue has revealed that Solis’s prospective successor, former Deputy Attorney General Thomas Perez, served as Board President for CASA. Since Obama took office, CASA has secured $588,390 in grants from DOL and $1,182,390 from all federal agencies combined, according to official figures at usaspending.gov.UPDATE July 9, 2013:

The records obtained on July 9, 2013 by compulsion of the court show that CASA, which bills itself the “go-to” organization for illegal alien advocacy in that state, boasts an annual operating budget in excess of $5,000,000. Notwithstanding CASA’s apparent strength and size, DOL continues to conceal funding sources for the organization, arguing that disclosing how much taxpayer funding it receives each year could cause the day laborer training center “competitive harm.”

Also notable in the agency’s supplemental production is the fact that both U.S. Senators for Maryland Mikulski and Van Hollen appear to have lobbied DOL through a process called “lettermarking,” for CASA to win Susan Harwood Training Grant from DOL’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). Interestingly, though awarded $181,390 by OSHA, CASA offered none of the “intensive” safety training it promised in applying for the grant, concentrating its efforts instead on exceeding even its own goals in the delivery of labor rights training.